Q 01/05

Which Unspeakable Word, punished by death in Ayn Rand's Anthem, does the hero finally find in old books?

A) We

B) You

C) I

D) They

Answer · why

C) I

The lost word is "I", and when the hero finally reads and understands it he weeps for the first time in his life. Until then he has only ever spoken o...

Q 02/05

Which lost discovery does Equality 7-2521 make again through his secret experiments in Ayn Rand's Anthem?

A) Electricity

B) Gunpowder

C) Steam power

D) The printing press

Answer · why

A) Electricity

Electricity is the strange new power he tames, using it to light a glass box salvaged from the ruins of an earlier age. He expects the gift to earn hi...

Q 03/05

Which lowly job is Equality 7-2521 given for life in Ayn Rand's Anthem, though he longs to be a Scholar?

A) Sewer Attendant

B) Street Sweeper

C) Stable Hand

D) Coal Miner

Answer · why

B) Street Sweeper

Street Sweeper is the Life Mandate handed to him at fifteen, and he welcomes it as penance for having wanted something better. The work later leads hi...

Q 04/05

Which name from the old books does Equality 7-2521 choose for himself near the end of Ayn Rand's Anthem?

A) Hercules

B) Hephaestus

C) Odysseus

D) Prometheus

Answer · why

D) Prometheus

Prometheus took the light of the gods and brought it to men, which is what the hero hopes to do for a darkened world. He also notes that such bearers ...

Q 05/05

Which rock band's 20-minute suite 2112 tells a story with strong parallels to Ayn Rand's Anthem?

A) Rush

B) Yes

C) Genesis

D) Kansas

Answer · why

A) Rush

Rush drummer Neil Peart said the parallels dawned on him only as the story came together, so he credited Ayn Rand in the liner notes. The band also re...